RESEARCH PUBLISHED BY AUSTRALIAN ECONOMICS AND ECONOMETRICS DEPARTMENTS 1988-93

This paper measures an important component of the research output of e conomics and econometrics teaching departments, namely, the number of pages published, during the period 1988-93, in journals listed by the Journal of Economic Literature. Based on page counts it is found that department rankings are similar over a broad range of journal grouping s. It is also found that the median numbers of pages published by each of the groups of senior lecturers, associate professors and professor s are quite small, indicating that within these groups research output is highly concentrated among a few active publishers.